Whip-operating device.



G. O. ADAMSON.

WHIP OPERATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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WHIP-OPERATING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, CARL C. ADAMSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kenmare, in the county of Ward and State of North Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-OperatingDevices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in whip operating devices.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this characteradapted to he at tached to an agricultural machine, vehicle or the likewhereby the whip may be applied to draft animals that cannot be reachedin the ordinary manner.

Another object is to provide a whip operating device which will besimple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, efficient inoperation and having means whereby the same may be readily actuated bythe driver for applying the whip to either horse.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: l igure 1 is a side View of a portion of acultivator showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the whip supporting and operating mechanism; Fig. 3is a detail perspective view of the levers for actuating said whipoperating mechanism; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view throughthe. whip socket and the coupling member by means of which the same isadjustably secured to the supporting standard of the device.

In the embodiment of the'invention it provide a vertically disposedsupporting stand .ard 1 the lower end of which is engaged with andadjustably secured in a supporting block 2 by means of a setscrew 3. Theblock 2 is adapted to be secured to the outer end of the tongue 1 of anagricultural machine, vehicle or the like whereby said standard is heldin position to support the whip and its operating mechanism. Slidablymounted on the standard 1 is a socket supporting block 5 provided with aset-screw (5 by means of which the same is adjustably Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed March 6,

1911. Serial N0. 612,569.

secured to the standard 1. In the outer edge of the block 5 is formed aflared or substarn tially V-shaped notch .7 with which is en gaged theflattened inner end 8 of the whip socket 9 adapted to receive andsupport an ordinary or any suitable form of horse whip 11. Thefiattenedinner end of the socket is provided with a pivot hole 10 theouter ends of which are flared outwardly and through which and theadjacent sides of the block 5 is inserted a pivot bolt 12 by means ofwhich said socket is pivotally con nected to the block.

The whip 11 is yieldingly supported at the proper inclination for beingbrought: into engagement with the draft animals by means of a coiledspring 13 the upper end of which is secured to a supporting arm orbracket 1.4 which is slidably engaged with the standard 1 and is held inits adjusted positions thereon by a set screw 15. The lower end of thespring is connected with. a ring or apertured plate 16 which is engagedwith the whip adjacent to the outer end of the socket 9 as shown. 1

The whip operating mechanism comprises a pair of operating cords 17 theouter ends Patented NOV 28, 1911.

of which are secured to a hook 18 adapted to be hooked into a ring orapertured plate 19 engaged with the whip 11 adjacent to and preferably ashort distance in advance of the tongue 16. The cords 17 are held apartand caused to swing the whip in opposite directions when pulled bymeansof guide pulleys 20 connected to the ends of a cross head 21 whichslidably engaged with the standard 1 and fastened in its adjustedpositions by a set screw 22 as shown. The cords 17 after passing throughthe guide pplleysfldextend downwardly and pass around gi1idepulleys"23secured to the supporting blockl 2 and from thence extend back along thetongue of the vehicle and under guide pulleys 24 secured to the rearportion thereof and are connected at their inner ends to operatinglevers 25. The op erating levers 25 are pivot-ally connected at theirlower ends to the opposite sides of an attaching block'526 which isadapted to be bolted to the inner end of the tongue or to any othersuitable part of a machine or vehicle whereby said levers will be withinconvenient reach. of the driver. The inner ends of the cords 17 areconnected to links 27 which are adjustably secured to the levers 25 bymeans of bolts which are adapted to be engaged with one of a series ofbolt holes 28 formed in the levers as shown. The pivoted inner ends ofthe levers 25 are engaged with V-shaped notches 29 formed in theopposite sides of the block 26, the inclined walls 30 of said notchesforming angular stops which limit the movement of the levers in eitherdirection. The levers are held in operative engagement with thenotches'29 by means of strips or cleats 31 secured to the opposite sidesof the block 26 as shown. In thus arranging the operating mechanism itwill be readily seen that when one or the other of the levers 25 ispulled rearwardly the cords 17 will be actuated and the whip thus pulleddownwardly and laterally one side orthe other and into engagement witheither of the lead horses.

When the lever is released the spring 13 will quickly restore the whipto its normal position. y. pulling back'more or less forcibly on thelevers the whip may be brought into greater or less forcible engagementwith the animal it is desired to strlke.

When the whipping mechanism herein described is applied to the tongue ofa vehicle or machine the tongue is also preferably provided with asupporting rod 32 which when the animals are unhitched is adapted to beswung down to support the outer end of the tongue and thus hold thewhipping mechanism out of the way and prevent the same from interferingwith the hitching hr invention will be readily understood withoutrequiring a more extended explanation. Various changes in the form,proportion and the minor details of construction may beresorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention as defined in the ap pended claims. Havingthus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A whip operating device comprising an upright supporting standard,means to secure said standard to a suitable part of a vehicle, a whipsocket pivotally and adjustably secured to said standard and adjustablelongitudinally thereon and adaptedto be swung laterally, means adaptedto engage and yieldably hold a whi at the proper angle, and operatingcord s having means for engagement with a whip whereby the whip may beswung downwardly and laterally by the driver.

2. A whip operatin device comprising a standard, means to etachablysecure the standard to a suitable partof a vehicle, a whip supportingblock slidably and adjustably secured to 'said standard, said blockhaving in its outer edge a flared notch, a whip socket having aflattened inner end adapted tobe engaged with 'and pivotally connectedwith the notch in said block, a bracket adjustably connected to theupper end of said standard, -a spring having one end connected tosaidbracket, means to connect the opposite end of the spring with a whipwhereby the whip is yieldingly supported, operating cords having theirouter ends adapted to be connected with a whip and extending back towithin convenient reach of the driver of the vehicle, guide ulleysadapted to receive said cords wherey when the same are pulled by thedriver the whip will be swunlg in one direction or the other and-thus aplied .to one or the other of the leading draft animals.

3. A whip operatingdevice comprising a supporting, standard, anattaching block adapted to be secured to the tongue of the vehicle or aicultural machine and adapted to receive t e lower end of said standard,means to secure'said standard in the block, a whip socket adjustably andloosely connected to said standard,' a spring connected to yieldinglyhold a whi at the proper inclination, a cross head a said standard,guide pulleys loosely connected to the opposite end of said cross lead,guide pulleys secured to said attaching block and to the tongue of thevehicle, a pair of pivotally mounted operating ustably secured to vlevers and operating cords connected with said levers and extendingthrough said pulleys, means to vconnect the outer ends of said cordswith a whip whereby when the levers are operated the whip may be swungdown in either direction and thus applied to either of the leading draftanimals.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CARL G. ADAMSON. Witnesses:

L. F. CLAUsnN, V. E. GBUNNETT.

